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Free Malaysia Today
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
PAS leader backs Sanusi as veep, says he has all the right qualities
Kedah menteri besar Sanusi Nor has been nominated for the post of vice-president by the Alor Setar PAS division. (Bernama pic) PETALING JAYA : PAS needs a bold and outspoken vice-president, says a party leader on the nomination of Kedah menteri besar Sanusi Nor for the post. PAS Dewan Ulama committee member Mokhtar Senik said he fully supports the motion passed by the Alor Setar PAS division for Sanusi to be a candidate for the post in the upcoming party elections. 'PAS needs a vice-president who can boldly voice the party's aspirations and struggles. 'We also need someone who is not afraid to step into the arena to face-off with our opponents (rival parties), and Sanusi has all the right qualities,' Mokhtar said in a Facebook post. The current PAS vice-presidents are Terengganu menteri besar Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar, Bagan Serai MP Idris Ahmad, and Kelantan state assembly speaker Amar Abdullah. Sanusi currently serves as the party's election director. Yesterday, Alor Setar PAS approved a motion nominating Sanusi to contest for the vice-president's post in the party elections this September. 'This nomination has received unanimous support from all delegates present at the Alor Setar PAS annual general meeting. 'With this, Alor Setar officially sends the Kedah menteri besar as a candidate for PAS vice-president,' Alor Setar PAS said in a Facebook post.
Free Malaysia Today
04-06-2025
- General
- Free Malaysia Today
No need for Syura Council to vet candidates for top 2 posts, says Hashim
PAS spiritual leader Hashim Jasin said he was among the earliest to support the call for the party's top positions to continue being entrusted to individuals with religious backgrounds. PETALING JAYA : PAS spiritual leader Hashim Jasin has dismissed a call for the party's Syura Council to vet candidates for the president and deputy president's posts. Hashim said that in the current open contest system, those elected typically already have religious backgrounds, reflecting the preferences of PAS members. 'That's why it's not an issue. There's no need for the Syura Council to interfere or set a policy requiring the president and deputy to come strictly from among the ulama or religious scholars,' he told FMT. Hashim said he was among the earliest to support the call for these top positions to continue being entrusted to individuals with religious backgrounds. 'This matter isn't so crucial that the Syura Council needs to vet the candidates to ensure only religious scholars are selected. 'We leave the process as it is because members do not chase after positions in PAS,' he said, noting that there have been no individual candidate campaigns or factional clashes in the run-up to the party's elections in September. Earlier, PAS Dewan Ulama committee member Mokhtar Senik proposed that candidates for the party's top two posts be vetted by the Syura Council, PAS's highest decision-making body. He said this is to ensure that those who intend to challenge the positions currently held by Abdul Hadi Awang and Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man are qualified. Hadi and Tuan Ibrahim are both members of the Syura Council, which is chaired by Hashim. Speculation had emerged that, for the first time, the president and deputy president's posts might be contested at the upcoming party elections. FMT reported that this may happen if Hadi, who has served as president since 2002, steps down, as urged by some members, because of his health. At the same time, there are rumours that Tuan Ibrahim also intends to make way for new leadership, though there have been calls from the pro-ulama faction for him to defend the party's No 2 post. On May 22, PAS vice-president Amar Abdullah had called for the party's top leadership posts, especially those of the president and deputy president, to continue to be held by individuals with religious backgrounds to safeguard the party's Islamic foundation. 'I support that view,' Hashim said, stressing that it is important to ensure the party's policies remain rooted in religion.
